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Front Med    2011, Vol. 5 Issue (2) : 115-117    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-011-0112-3
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Metformin for cancer prevention
Yonghua Yang()
School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
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Corresponding Author(s): Yang Yonghua,Email:yonghuayang@hotmail.com   
Issue Date: 05 June 2011
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Yonghua Yang. Metformin for cancer prevention[J]. Front Med, 2011, 5(2): 115-117.
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Fig.1  Effects of metformin on ACF. The mean number of rectal ACF per patient decreased significantly at 1 month (versus at baseline) in the metformin group. In contrast, the mean number of ACF per patient remained similar at 1 month (versus at baseline) in the control group. Data are presented in a box-and-whisker plot. Each box includes the mean of all results falling between the 25th and 75th percentiles, and the median value is represented as a horizontal line inside each box. ACF: aberrant crypt foci.
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